Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2025-10-27

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Oct 27
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,042 head
▲ 242 vs last sale 800▲ 5 vs year ago 1,037 · +0.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
234 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 263▲ 34 vs year ago 200 · +17.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes mostly steady and feeder classes sharply lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.25/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 3 of 24 comparable sales and sits −40.09 against this barn's trailing median of $370.34.
Average price
$330.25
35 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,767
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.24
vs FL average
−44.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534334.961,78930
Medium and Large 2540302.001,6315thin
One grade step is worth $32.96/cwt here — about $159 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 100–200 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale35 hd
330.25
—
FL average4 barns · 168 hd
337.49
−7.24
National average184 barns · 21,753 hd
374.89
−44.64
This barn, trailing median24 sales
370.34
−40.09
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales
425388350313median 370.3403/0205/1807/2008/3111/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $410.53, low $327.47, median $370.34 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,487191.992,85534
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,267158.972,01513
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,128148.421,67476
CowsLean 85-90%Low945130.221,23121

Every lot

66 lots · USDA AMS · Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Mon)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280572.98/cwt570.00–580.001,6043
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315487.22/cwt465.00–500.001,5353
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323541.98/cwt535.00–550.001,7512
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2373416.44/cwt400.00–435.001,5534
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376457.18/cwt440.00–485.001,71915
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415382.49/cwt360.00–395.001,5873
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420425.09/cwt400.00–445.001,78514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465366.13/cwt350.00–375.001,7033
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475403.99/cwt380.00–425.001,91910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7251
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521374.64/cwt360.00–390.001,9525
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2550310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7051
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561346.70/cwt320.00–355.001,94515
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623332.05/cwt320.00–345.002,0692
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1175582.94/cwt560.00–620.001,02011
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2180511.11/cwt500.00–540.009203
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2215474.81/cwt450.00–490.001,0213
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1216540.54/cwt500.00–560.001,16816
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265435.72/cwt420.00–445.001,1553
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275473.20/cwt450.00–500.001,30112
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323368.95/cwt355.00–385.001,1922
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328413.16/cwt400.00–440.001,3559
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371390.53/cwt370.00–410.001,44917
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373349.09/cwt335.00–365.001,3022
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423349.20/cwt335.00–365.001,4772
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425386.27/cwt370.00–410.001,64214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468368.76/cwt345.00–385.001,72623
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473329.52/cwt320.00–340.001,5592
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2500310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523336.11/cwt320.00–355.001,75822
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6504
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565331.78/cwt325.00–340.001,8758
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622312.70/cwt290.00–325.001,9455
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2623274.64/cwt265.00–285.001,7112
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1174671.24/cwt645.00–700.001,1685
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1218622.51/cwt595.00–660.001,3576
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2223565.73/cwt550.00–585.001,2622
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2273499.17/cwt490.00–510.001,3632
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275554.09/cwt530.00–585.001,52421
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2311490.30/cwt465.00–500.001,5254
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1325539.36/cwt515.00–570.001,75315
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377458.66/cwt440.00–490.001,72915
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378410.41/cwt400.00–430.001,5518
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1419427.84/cwt400.00–445.001,79317
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430377.75/cwt370.00–395.001,6243
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2461361.95/cwt340.00–370.001,6694
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473397.32/cwt385.00–420.001,87913
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527363.17/cwt350.00–385.001,91410
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530331.29/cwt325.00–345.001,7563
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6502
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578333.31/cwt320.00–355.001,92714
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7101
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622321.83/cwt310.00–330.002,0025
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6251
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1667285.77/cwt270.00–295.001,9065
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,160174.54/cwt172.00–176.002,0254
Bulls——1,397185.58/cwt179.00–190.002,59314
Bulls——1,648201.97/cwt195.00–213.003,32816
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%912118.60/cwt117.00–120.001,0823
Cows—Lean 85-90%951132.16/cwt125.00–135.001,25718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,082138.53/cwt136.00–140.001,49913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,131145.19/cwt141.00–149.001,64231
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,143155.57/cwt150.00–164.001,77832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,248151.02/cwt150.00–152.001,8852
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,271160.41/cwt154.00–169.002,03911

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.